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Lintel said:
No seller was very disinterested in his unexpected litter sadly. Name was Robert and he was in Paisley Scotland thats all I have. Just back from vets I'm clearly being paranoid apparently entire males tend to have some discharge?
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They do! Especially when young.
 
Make sure you speak to the kennels before Saturday if his Willy continues to be a problem. They may be reluctant or refuse to take him.
 
amymay said:
Make sure you speak to the kennels before Saturday if his Willy continues to be a problem. They may be reluctant or refuse to take him.
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I have said on here before that I have never had an entire male who hasn't had a blob of smegma on his willy, unless he has just wiped it off on the carpet or someones legs. (Sorry OP, but this follows a convo on another thread about boys v girls!!)
 
Thanks all, having never owned and entire male and being very young when our terrier was entire the thought hadn't crossed my mind about Smegma. I will say to the kennels the few issues we have been having :)
 
I have entire male GSDs and it's not something that has ever come to my attention. Certainly not something I would mistake for infection.
Again, just taking it in the round with other issues, I don't think the OP is wrong in being hyper-vigilant.
 
CorvusCorax said:
Again, just taking it in the round with other issues, I don't think the OP is wrong in being hyper-vigilant.
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No I do agree with you there. I assume if the vet is not sure a culture could be grown to differentiate between normal and nasty?
 
I have had several male dogs. All normal male dogs have these secretions to a varying degree, unnoticeable in some but more obvious in others. Both entire and neutered. Sometimes it can be profuse and appear more pus like, possibly could be mistaken for infection. I hope your vet sent a swab for culture before prescribing more antibiotics in a dog with known gut issues.

I would not worry too much about his parentage at this stage, it is what it is. We just have to work with the dog we have.
 
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Skinnydipper, it's not a matter of being 'worried about his parentage', it's about whether I can offer the OP more targeted advice, based on whether this dog is from lines known to carry allergies/skin conditions, more serious things like AF or JRD etc (hopefully not), what to look out for and things to be concerned or not concerned about.
I had to do a hell of a lot of research to pin down and treat issues with my own dog and I was glad I had pedigrees to look at, otherwise I would have just been groping around in the dark.
Being proactive rather than firefighting would have been a tremendous help to me a few years back.
As a result I am more than happy to help anyone who needs it, in my own time.
 
CorvusCorax, I am sorry you have taken offence. It wasn't my intention to contradict or tread on anybody's toes. My aim was to reassure Lintel not to worry about things that he/she was unable to do anything about, ie what is done is done, the dog is here now and has to be managed regardless of how he came by his problems.

I haven't the faintest clue about bloodlines and pedigrees, indeed if I was ever looking to buy a German Shepherd pup it would be to the more experienced GSD people on this forum that I would turn to for advice. I know of 2 GSD breeders, one breeding from lines with epilepsy and the other from dogs known to have dysplasia and I am sure there will be those who breed from dogs with atopy.

Unfortunately I have more than my fair share of experience of dogs with multiple allergies, auto immune conditions and the associated problems.

I also have experience of the normal penile discharge normal dogs produce but had hoped not to go into too much detail. I have had several male dogs and only with two has there been an issue.

One elderly (neutered) dog developed balanitis and when I took him to the vet it was found he had a massive build up of these secretions under his foreskin - it was very thick, almost like felt. I had not realised that as he got older he was failing to clean himself properly. From then on it was necessary for me to regularly retract his foreskin and clean under it for him. (you just do what you've got to do and it was that or continual discomfort and vet visits for him). Prior to the episode of balanitis no discharge or secretions had been seen by me at any time.

With the other dog (entire) it is easily seen. In his case it looks like a green pus like discharge. It collects around the prepuce and can sometimes be copious to the point of dripping. He does not have an infection.
 
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